Combination curtain



Marcfi 1 1945- c. M. EDGINGTON COMBINATION CURTAIN, SHADE AND DRAPERYFIXTURE Filed July 18, 1944 2 T \i l I 6/ j /0 k) 5 game/rm PatentedMar. 13, 1945 COIVIBINATION CURTAIN, SHADE, AND DRAPERY FIXTURE- Clay M.Edgington, Roseville, Mich, assignor of ten per cent toJ. E. Obenauer,Roseville, Mich.

Application July 18, 1944, Serial No. 545,436

2 Claims.

This invention relates to fixtures especially adapted for the support,of ,shades, curtains, draperies and the like, containing a minimumamount of material and involving but little expause in the manufacturethereof.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a device of theabove stated character which will eliminate theuse of nails, screws orlike fasteners in the mounting thereof and may be easily and quicklyinstalled through the use of a hammer or like tool and may bemanufactured by a single stamping operation, thereby domesticor home useat a nominal cost.

With these and other objects in view as will become more apparent as thedescription proproviding a device which will emciently fulfill ceeds,the invention consists in certain novel features of construction,combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fullydescribed andclaimed.

For a. complete understanding of my invenpairs for the support of adrapery pole 6, ourtain rod 1 and a shade roller (not shown). Eachfixture is similarly constructed except one of the fixtures will beprovided with a slot 8 opening outwardly through its upper edge toreceive one end of a shade roller while the companion fixture will beprovided with an aperture 9 to receive the other end of the shaderoller.

Each fixture consists of an elongated fiat metallic body it, one end ofwhich is bifurcated to form prongs tapering toward their free ends sothat said prongs will readily penetrate wooden window trim when theopposite end of the body is struck a hammer blow. The latter-named endof the body is provided with a substantially key-hole shaped slot 12opening outwardly of said end so that a drapery pole may readily entersaid slot l2 and come to rest within the substantially circular shapedportion thereof and thus be prevented from accidentally moving orslipping out of the slot l2. The width of the latter-named end of thebody I0 is such as to readily slip in, with a frictional fit, the end ofa curtain rod 1 of a conventional construction.

By referring to Figure 2 itwill be seen that the slot 12 will be closedat its open end when the curtain rod is adapted to the fixture acting toprevent movement of the drapery pole out of said slot. l2 in thedirection of its open end.

The body being of the construction and shape shown in Figure 3 of thedrawing may be easily struck from a metallic blank in a single stampingoperation, consequently permitting the entire fixture to be manufacturedat a low cost.

In use, companion fixtures are driven into the woodwork of a windowframe by striking said fixtures hammer blows on the ends thereof whichhave the slots l2 opening outwardly thereof. The fixtures being thussecured to the window frame eliminates the use of screws and likefasteners and permits anyone unskilled in the art to readily installthe-fixtures. Further, it will be seen that the shade roller of aconventional construction can be easily installed on the fixtures byhaving the ends of the shade roller positioned in the slot 8 nd opening9. A pole and a rod may then be conveniently placed in position on thefixtures, the pole being prevented from moving outwardly of the openends of the slots l2 by the curtain rod owing to the fact that the endsof the curtain rod telescope over the ends of the fixtures to close theopen ends of the slots l2 and retain the pole in the substantiallycircular portions of the slots l2.

The prongs ll may be serrated as shown in the drawing to prevent theprongs ll from'a'cci dently pulling out from the woodwork of the windowframe.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of myinvention, it will be understood that minor changes in construction,combination and arrangement of parts may be made without departing fromthe spirit and scope of the inventionas claimed.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. In a fixture, an elongated flat body having one end bifurcated toprovide penetrating prongs and having a substantially key-hole shapedslot opening outwardly through its other end to receive a pole, saidlatter-named end of the body providing a strike face to receive a hammerblow and to enter a curtain rod with a frictional fit to permit saidcurtain rod to close the slot to prevent accidental displacement of thepole therefrom.

2. In a. fixture, an elongated fiat body of plain rectangular form inits major outer portion and having a tapered inner portion pronged atthe end for penetration into woodwork, the major outer portion beingprovided with a longitudinal slot opening outwardly at the end thereofto receive a pole, said slotted end of the body pro-- viding a. pair oftransversely aligned strike faces to receive a hammer blow and adaptedto enter a curtain rod with a frictional fit so as to retain the pole inthe slot, the body having an opening between its pronged end and saidlongitudinally slotted portion to receive and support the end of aconventional shade roller.

CLAY M. EDGINGTON.

